fight the recall effort. and just days into their newly announced government, the taliban are cracking down on demonstrators beating women and journalists with whips and st sticks. with his approval numbers down and covid numbers up, it is something of a change in strategy for u.s. president joe biden. he is sxis expected to unveil a plan he believes will lead the country out of the pandemic. a source familiar with the strategy says the president intends to tackle six main points or pillars like increasing vaccinations and rollout of booster shots as well as keeping schools open and driving resources towards economic recovery. phil mattingly has more from the white house. reporter: for president biden, as the delta variant has surged for the better part of several months, more than 1500 deaths per day, more than 150,000 cases per day, the moment where he delivers remarks on thursday marks a potential reset. it is something white house officials have been pointing to in
fireworks explodes in la. the terrifying incident caught on camera. bill cosby walking 3 as a judge denies britney spears s request to remove her dad as a conservator. fox and friends first continues right now. todd: i am worried. we to about? todd: we are going to run out of britney spears songs, she s in the news every day. we will get into it more in the 5:00 am hour. quite a catalog of musical selections that we run through all of them. jillian: i wonder what we don t know about this. there s clearly information we don t know and i would like to know. todd: that was a building that we saw. good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. jillian: let s begin on the southern border were donald trump sees the crisis unfolding under the biden administration firsthand. todd: trump slams his successor s policies. he s only been out of office 6 months, the former president is not shying away from the camera. he visited the border yesterday wi
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. great to have you along this hour. the palestinian health ministry says israeli air strikes and killed at least 170 people in ga gaza including 140 children. the israeli military it struck the home of gaza s leader. this video reports to show that air strike. a spokesperson says he was not hurt. israeli war planes on saturday targeted this high rise building in gaza city. the associated press, al jazeera and other media outlets had offices there and were given one hour to evacuate. families living in the building also fled. the palestinian health ministry reports two more palestinians were killed, more than a dozen wounded in air strikes early sunday. a ministry spokesperson says five children were rescued from the rubble. the death toll rose to ten in israel on saturday as a rocket killed an israeli man. the israeli prime minister vowed to keep up the campaign until the rockets stop. israel responded forfu
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building. al jazeera says the occupants were warned to evacuate about an hour before the airstrike was carried out. so you ll see the building collapses into rubble just a few seconds later. the associated press statement saying this is an incredibly disturbing development. we narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. it s the latest in a week of escalating conflict, according to palestinian officials, so far 139 people have been killed and at least 100 injured. meanwhile, the rocket fire from gaza continues. the israeli military says at least eight civilians have been killed in the last week. rick robertson joining us now israel. what are you learning about this latest strike? reporter: well, literally as you were speaking to me there, i m watching drone intercepts just behind the camera in the sky. they just intercepted another two rockets. they enterintercepted six befor. hamas said they would fire rockets at tel aviv tonight. that s where they said the retaliation shoul